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From the Ted Talk by Martin Danoesastro: What are you willing to give up to change the way we work?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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Open Cloze


Now, creating _________ ________ open and ___________ communication. But you know how they say that information is a ______ of power? Well, for some managers, sharing information may feel as if they're giving up that source of power. And it's not just managers. The teams need to communicate openly and _____________ as well. In these _________, the teams typically work in short _______, and at the end of every sprint, they organize a demo session to share the output of what they've done, transparently. And every day, each member of the team gives an update of what they are working on individually. Now, all this transparency can be uncomfortable for people, because suddenly, there is no place to hide anymore. Everything we do is transparent for everyone. So, alignment is not easy, and providing autonomy is not so obvious, either.

Solution


  1. companies
  2. source
  3. transparently
  4. requires
  5. transparent
  6. sprints
  7. alignment

Original Text


Now, creating alignment requires open and transparent communication. But you know how they say that information is a source of power? Well, for some managers, sharing information may feel as if they're giving up that source of power. And it's not just managers. The teams need to communicate openly and transparently as well. In these companies, the teams typically work in short sprints, and at the end of every sprint, they organize a demo session to share the output of what they've done, transparently. And every day, each member of the team gives an update of what they are working on individually. Now, all this transparency can be uncomfortable for people, because suddenly, there is no place to hide anymore. Everything we do is transparent for everyone. So, alignment is not easy, and providing autonomy is not so obvious, either.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
product people 3
middle managers 3
multidisciplinary teams 2


Important Words


  1. alignment
  2. anymore
  3. autonomy
  4. communicate
  5. communication
  6. companies
  7. creating
  8. day
  9. demo
  10. easy
  11. feel
  12. giving
  13. hide
  14. individually
  15. information
  16. managers
  17. member
  18. obvious
  19. open
  20. openly
  21. organize
  22. output
  23. people
  24. place
  25. power
  26. providing
  27. requires
  28. session
  29. share
  30. sharing
  31. short
  32. source
  33. sprint
  34. sprints
  35. suddenly
  36. team
  37. teams
  38. transparency
  39. transparent
  40. transparently
  41. typically
  42. uncomfortable
  43. update
  44. work
  45. working